In 1774, following several successful escapes, the General Assembly instructed that a log house be built over the original mineshaft to prevent further prison escapes. In 1777 prisoners attempting to escape via this mineshaft burned the guardhouse . . . — — Map (db m248847) HM
In February 1781, officials oversaw the construction of a picket fence around the prison yard to improve security. In 1802, Colonel Calvin Barber from Simsbury built the twelve-foot stone wall enclosing a 180 x 160 foot prison yard. The new wall . . . — — Map (db m248859) HM
During the colonial period, it was illegal to smelt ore in the colonies, so colonial mine operators like those at New-Gate were forced to ship the ore to England. After the prison closed in 1827, the Phoenix Mining Company and the Connecticut . . . — — Map (db m248863) HM
Old New-Gate Prison
Has been designated a
registered national
historic landmark
Under the provisions of the
Historic Sites Act of August 21, 1935
This site possesses exceptional value
in commemorating or illustrating
The history of . . . — — Map (db m248830) HM
Copper Mine
Old New-Gate is the site of the first chartered copper mine in the North American colonies; it is a historic and physical representation of the type of commercial business that colonists needed to establish to reduce dependency . . . — — Map (db m248860) HM
Old New Gate Prison and Copper Mine
have been designated a
national historical landmark by
American Society for Metals
First copper mine chartered in America and is
believed to be the first copper mine in the
thirteen original colonies. . . . — — Map (db m248827) HM
Planted in Memory of
George W. Pepe
and
William E. West
Killed in the Vietnam Conflict
East Granby Jaycees
and
Jaycee Wives
May 1973 — — Map (db m97448) WM
In an attempt to heighten security, New-Gate officials built a guardhouse. The warden's quarters were in the front section of the house, and the back two sections were provided that descended to the storage, cells, and mine.
Guarding the . . . — — Map (db m248844) HM
The 1790 structure, the remains of which you see in this corner of the prison yard, served as the work house, primarily for making nails. One goal of the colony in opening New-Gate Prison was "profitably employing" prisoners. Still, experienced . . . — — Map (db m248862) HM
As the number of prisoners grew, additional buildings were erected consisting of workshops, a chapel, a hospital, and a four-story cell block to house the overflow population and move inmates out of confinement in the mine.
These ruins mark . . . — — Map (db m248842) HM
State officials evaluated New-Gate's success largely by how much money the prison earned and how few prisoners escaped. By the 1820s, the General Assembly became increasingly concerned about overcrowding, unsanitary conditions, and the failure of . . . — — Map (db m248835) HM
Miners determined their path based on the vein of copper they followed. Eventually the vein brought them to this point, 75 feet below ground. The need for a second ore shaft arose to haul the valuable ore to the surface.
New-Gate's first . . . — — Map (db m248843) HM
You are currently standing in the location of the historic nail shop at New-Gate Prison, where incarcerated men made wrought iron nails as part of their forced prison labor. Much of what we know about life at New-Gate comes from historic documents . . . — — Map (db m248864) HM
East Hartford
This part of the lands once inhabited by the Podunk Indians saw its first permanent colonists in 1655, when Thomas Hooker and his followers came from Cambridge, Massachusetts, to found Hartford. The east side of the Connecticut River . . . — — Map (db m74248) HM
( north side )
Alvin Flint, Co. B. 21. Reg. C.V. Died Jan. 10, 1863. Aged 53.
Alvin Flint, Jr. Co. D. 11. Reg. C.V. Killed at Antietam, Sept. 17, 1862. Aged 17.
George B. Flint, Co. B. 21. Reg. C.V. Died at Falmouth, Va. Jan. 14, 1863. . . . — — Map (db m74953) WM
1917 ― 1918
In Honor Of
The Men And Women Of
East Hartford
Who Answered
Their Country’s Call
To Service In The
World War
To The Dead A Tribute
To The Living A Memory
To Posterity A Token
Of Loyalty
To The Flag Of . . . — — Map (db m74740) WM
Dedicated
To The Memory
Of Our Youth
Who Gave
Their Lives
In
World War II
* * *
“Let none forget they gave their all
And faltered not when came the call”
( memorial stone behind the monument )
Dedicated to . . . — — Map (db m74245) WM
Historic Center Cemetery
Authorized 1709
“Center Cemetery is one of Connecticut’s most interesting and important 18th century burial grounds, and is one of the most striking examples extant of the mixing of Connecticut River Valley . . . — — Map (db m74928) HM
On Tuesday, April 15, 1817, in a building located on this site, the Connecticut Asylum for the Education of Deaf and Dumb Persons officially opened. The school was the first in America to teach deaf children and had a class of seven syudents. The . . . — — Map (db m52437) HM
Christ Church
Cathedral
Diocese of Connecticut
Episcopal
Founded as Christ Church 1762
Set Apart as Cathedral 1919
Present Building 1828
The Rt. Rev. Ian T. Douglas
Bishop of Connecticut
The Very Rev. Mark B. Pendleton . . . — — Map (db m44074) HM
Pulaski
"I came here, where freedom is being defended, to serve it, and to live or die for it . . ."
General Casimir Pulaski
was born in Poland in 1748. He led the unsuccessful revolt of Polish Patriots against Russia. Upon arrival in America . . . — — Map (db m52343) HM
Hartford was named in 1637 after the English town of Hertford. The Indian name was Suckiaug. The first colonial settlement, called House of Good Hope, was made by the Dutch in 1633. The Reverend Thomas Hooker arrived overland from Newtown . . . — — Map (db m43708) HM
East Windsor
Separated from Old Windsor and constituted a township on the “second Thursday of May A.D. 1768”. In this area was the Nortin Society of Old Windsor, organized in May 1752. Ferry service established by John Bissell in 1641 . . . — — Map (db m113964) HM
In Tribute to Those Men and Women of This Community Who Nobly Answered Their Country’s Call by Patriotic Service In All Her Wars Beginning With The Founding of The American Colonies.
Dedicated May 30, 1938 by Barry - Poulter Post No 40 . . . — — Map (db m114599) WM
Site of
Constitutional Oak
Commemorating the Connecticut Constitutional
Convention of 1902
Presented to Harold A. Middleton East Windsor Delegate
Erected by East Windsor Historical Society 1966 — — Map (db m113970) HM
For Democacy
Erected in Memory of Our Boys in the Town of
East Windsor, Conn. Who, in the Time of Out Country’s
Need, Willingly Laid Aside Their Duties to Enter
The World War Offering Their Lives and Sacred
Honor On the Altars of Our . . . — — Map (db m113957) WM
Spirit of Unity
Time Capsule
To be Opened June 10, 2092
Dedicated June 10, 1992
To the People
of
East Windsor, South Windsor and Ellington
Who united in purpose on June 10, 1991 to oppose
the siting of a radioactive dump in order to . . . — — Map (db m113960) HM
Constitutional Oak
Presented To
Francis M. Charter
Delegate From Ellington
At The 1902 Connecticut
Constitutional Convention
Erected By
Grange No. 46 P. of H.
1967 — — Map (db m111902) HM
This region was named by Indian inhabitants Weaxskashuck, meaning Great Marsh. Early white settlers called it Windsor Goshen or Great Marsh. In 1671 Town of Windsor purchased western part from the Indians, receiving eastern portion later from . . . — — Map (db m301996) HM
1675 Colonial Wars 1763
Bingham Ithamar · Ellsworth Daniel · Fitch Medinah · Hubbard Isaac · Pierson Benjamin · Pinney Benjamin Jr. · Pinney Joseph Jr. · Wadsworth Ichabod
1812 War with England 1814
Collins Jabez . . . — — Map (db m111901) WM
In Honor Of Those Who
Gave Their Lives
1941 World War II 1945
SN Thomas J. La Boc Aug. 10, 1942 · AF Francis M. Brigham Jan. 9, 1943 · LT George J. Bolles Dec. 23, 1943 · PVT Arthur T. Kelly Apr. 7, 1944 · PVT Lewis White July 9, . . . — — Map (db m111900) WM
This Memorial Erected
In Honor of the Men and Women
Of Hazardville, Who Served
Their Country in The Armed
Forces Preserving Our
Freedom and Our Way of Life
During World War II — — Map (db m113855) WM
Scitico
Roll of Honor
WW II
Aleskwiz, Frank · Aleskwiz, John · Aleskwiz, Raymond · Brenick, George J. · Berry, Arthur C. · Chaput, Emery A. · Conlin, Charles · Conlin, Earl * · Conlin, Joseph · Conlin, Thomas · Conlon, Roland R. · Crochetiere, . . . — — Map (db m113853) WM
This Flagpole Erected In Memory Of
SFC Lawrence A. Dufraine
May 27, 1968 — Aug. 1, 2004
Dedicated May 27, 2006
By His Family and Friends — — Map (db m113857) WM
Established as the township of Enfield, 1683, this area was part of the Springfield Plantation granted to William Pynchon and others by the Massachusetts General Court. Springfield was settled in 1636, but no effectual grants were made here until . . . — — Map (db m301997) HM
This Space is Dedicated to The Veterans of Our Community Who Served The Nation In Time of Danger
This We’ll Defend · Semper Fidelis · Don’t Tread On Me · Aim High Fly-Fight-Win · Semper Paratus · Acta Non Verba
Some Are With Us Still
Many . . . — — Map (db m113880) WM
In memory
of the men of Enfield
who
on land and sea
periled their lives
for Union
and liberty, 1861-1865.
Erected by the
Town of Enfield
A.D. 1885.
Roll of Honor
Killed in Battle
Maj. Theo. H. Rockwood · . . . — — Map (db m113882) WM
This Memorial Erected In Honor Of
The Men and Women of This Community
Who Served Their Country In the
Armed Forces Preserving Our Freedom
And Our Way Of Life
To The Memory Of Those Who Served
In The Global War On Terror
Those Who Paid . . . — — Map (db m113858) WM
Enfield, Connecticut
World War II Honor Roll
( 2,246 names are inscibed. These have stars next to their name, indicating that they gave their lives. )
Arrowsmith, John W. Jr. · August, Kenneth E. · Austin, David T. · Bannon, Edmund . . . — — Map (db m113928) WM
Near this site the first church building in Enfield was erected by pioneer settlers in 1684.
Placed by Penelope Terry Abbey Chapter, D.A.R.
1680 1930 — — Map (db m113886) HM
To Honor the Memory of the Founders of the Town of Enfield. Who led by John Pease, Jr. and his Brother Robert made the First Settlement in 1680.
Placed by Penelope Terry Abbey Chapter, D.A.R.
1680 1930 — — Map (db m113885) HM
Thomas Abbey Born April 11, 1731. Died June 3, 1811.
A soldier in the French and Indian Wars. Took part in the capture of Fort Ticonderoga, 1758, and the conquest of Canada, 1761. Corporal First Regiment, Connecticut Troops, May 25 to . . . — — Map (db m113925) HM WM
American Board of Commissioners
For Foreign Missions
Here, on September 5, 1810, in the parsonage of the Reverend Noah Porter, minister of the Congregational Church of Farmington, Connecticut, the American Board Of Commissioners for . . . — — Map (db m33015) HM
The Unionville Feeder Canal joined the Farmington Canal here, providing the water from Granby to New Haven. You are standing on the “Long Level”, 26 miles without a lock. 1828-1847. — — Map (db m92153) HM
On January 16, 1640 the Connecticut General Court empowered a committee to "view those parts by Vnxus Sepus wch may be suitable" for settlement. Soon afterward a small group of families traveled nine miles westward over the hills from . . . — — Map (db m33066) HM
Known in the 1800’s as “the hub” of Connecticut’s Underground Railroad, Farmington was home to an active group of prominent and outspoken abolitionists, several of whom were involved in state, national and international anti-slavery . . . — — Map (db m95984) HM
Lest We Forget
In honor and grateful remembrance of our French Allies in the Revolution, whose army, under the command of General Count de Rochambeau, marched past this spot enroute from Newport and Providence, R.I., to join General Washington on . . . — — Map (db m190186) HM
Site of U.S. Army Air Corps P47 Thunderbolt plane crash in which the pilot Second Lieutenant Vincent Hugh Core died on April 11, 1945 — — Map (db m91860) HM WM
On this site in 1828 was located "Pitkin's Basin" for the Farmington Canal Company.
On November 10, 1828 the packet boat "James Hillhouse" was launched here on its first voyage to New Haven from port of Farmington.
The gray building . . . — — Map (db m106441) HM
The Farmington Canal crossed various topographic features- rivers, hills, roads and woodlands. Boats traveling the length of the canal passed through 28 locks that compensated for changes in elevation. Perhaps the most impressive engineering . . . — — Map (db m111590) HM
The Farmington Canal
The 56-mile Farmington Canal was Connecticut's super-highway of the 1830s and 1840s. Begun in 1825, the canal was the largest engineering project ever attempted in New England. Inspired by the commercial success of the . . . — — Map (db m33017) HM
In the middle 1800s, it is believed, the cave was the home of Farmington’s mystery man, Will Warren. He was a poor farmhand with no property of his own. He refused to attend the village church on Sundays and spent his free time with the few Native . . . — — Map (db m92260) HM
The Unionville Feeder Canal crossed here, providing most of the water for the Farmington Canal, from Granby, CT to New Haven, CT 1828-1847. — — Map (db m127444) HM
Unionville has used Farmington River water power since the late 1700s. The first dam (item D1 on map 1 and Photograph P1), built circa 1780, was just 200 yards upstream from the Route 4 bridge. The canal from this dam was on the west side of . . . — — Map (db m95986) HM
Also known as Rainbow Park, Suburban Park was owned and operated by the Farmington Street Railway Company, which charged fifteen cents for the one hour and fifteen-minute ride from Hartford. At thirty-five acres, the park extended well into . . . — — Map (db m134917) HM
Made of rock and iron, the fountain was the first in the nation powered by electricity at a time when streets and homes were still gaslit. The electricity was generated by the trolley line’s power station using the Farmington River. Colored lights . . . — — Map (db m142561) HM
Located at the west end of Farmington, the village of Unionville was first recognized as
such by the U.S. Postal Service in 1834. Earlier it was called Langdon’s Quarter and
then Union District. Residents took full advantage of the Farmington . . . — — Map (db m134927) HM
In Memory Of
The Men Of Unionville
Who Died For Their Country
First World War
Philip E. Bergin • Ernest W. Gustafson • Louis C. Hanrahan • Harold V. Joyce • Christopher H. Rourke
Second World War
John Garay • Milton Gillespie • Joseph G. . . . — — Map (db m33172) WM
During the week of August 12, 1955, the Farmington Valley was hit by the edge of Hurricane Connie. The area received heavy rainfall that saturated beds of the Farmington River. The following week, Hurricane Diane swept through the Atlantic Coast, . . . — — Map (db m230293) HM
Yodkins-Morin Memorial Park
----------
Dedicated to two valiant men who gave their lives
saving others during the raging flood of August 1955
----------
Charles J. Yodkins, Sr
A Farmington Police Officer
----------
Joseph J. Morin, . . . — — Map (db m33063) HM
Formerly part of Wethersfield, the town was named for Glastonbury in England. Its thirty four original farms, running from the River three miles east “into the wilderness,” were the first officially surveyed by Connecticut Colony, . . . — — Map (db m98863) HM
Erected in Memory of
Capt. Frederick M. Barber
And the Soldiers of Glastonbury
Who Gave Their Lives for Their Country.
By Mercy Turner Barber.
1918
1861 Civil War 1865
More enduring than this monument will be the memory of their . . . — — Map (db m98832) WM
In honor of those who served their
country in the Second World War and in memory of
Charles Galli who was Killed In Action
Herbert Amond · Richard A. Bantle · Everett E. Bantly · Allen F. Behnke · Robert G. Brash · Charles W. Chase, Jr. · . . . — — Map (db m98862) WM
1917 1919
In Honor of Those of the Town of Glastonbury Who
Answered Their Country’s Call To Serve Humanity
Aborn, Merritt W. · Adams, Charles W. · Ahern, Matthew A. · Antos, Charles F. · Backus, Joseph H. · Barber, George H., M.D. · . . . — — Map (db m98802) WM
1941 1945
World War II
A tribute to the men and women
who served their country.
In honor of these who gave their lives.
Andrews, Harry E. · Bemer, Steven J. · Boeris, John N. · Carl, Goodrich F. · Chamberlin, Theodore L. · Connell, . . . — — Map (db m98803) WM
In Honor Of
John Lee Levitow
Glastonbury, Connecticut
Sergeant, United States Air Force
3rd Special Operations Squadron
presented
Congressional Medal of Honor
by
President Richard M. Nixon
May 14, 1970
For conspicuous gallantry . . . — — Map (db m98833) WM
Kimberly Tract
This land is part of the original grant east of the great river made to John Robbins of Wethersfield in 1640. The original lot of 132 acres – 22 rods wide – extended three miles from the river into the hills. With Eleazar . . . — — Map (db m98902) HM
Site of Second Meeting House
First Church of Christ
Congregational
1735 – 1837
News of the battles of Lexington and Concord
reached here while Rev. John Eells was
preaching and was announced from the pulpit
April 28, 1775 . . . — — Map (db m98901) HM
Settled as the Salmon Brook section of Simsbury early in the 18th century, and established as a separate ecclesiastical society in 1736, Granby became a separate town in 1786. From the beginning, farming was the main endeavor of the populace; . . . — — Map (db m302007) HM
Horace B. Clark, Fire Commissioner the City Hartford was the man responsible
for the development of the Lost Acres Fire Department. Mr. Clark had a large estate “Lost Acres” in North Granby from which the name of the present fire . . . — — Map (db m97449) HM
North Side For God and Country Post 182 1985 West Side World War II 1941-1946 Gladwin E Allshouse • Russell F. Cable • Richard J. Creighton, Jr. • Edward P Dombkowski • Ernest D. Evleth • Clifford C. Ferriss, Jr. • John C. Kupruck • . . . — — Map (db m56097) WM
1917 1918 In Honor of the Men of Granby who served in The World War Andrews, Evelyn S. • Appredries, Charles • Armitage, Harold Raymond • Avery, Paul L. • Boyko, Peter • Bradley, Barnard • Brigham, Storrs T. • Brooks, George • Broughton, Roscoe . . . — — Map (db m56098) HM
Daughter of the Reverend Lyman and Roxanna Foote Beecher. Born Litchfield Connecticut 14 June 1811. Married at Cincinnati Ohio 6 January 1836 to Calvin Ellis Stowe. Wrote "Uncle Tom's Cabin" at Brunswick Maine in 1851. Resided in this house . . . — — Map (db m53155) HM
On this site, from 1869 until 1963, stood the Hartford Public High School, the second oldest secondary school in the United States. Founded in 1638 as a Latin Grammar School. It became, in 1847, the Hartford Public English and Classical High . . . — — Map (db m28374) HM
The inscribed stone below is the cornerstone of Brownell Hall, which was located on Trinity College's first campus at the present site of the State Capitol in Hartford. Built in 1845 as a dormitory, it was dedicated to the Rt. Rev. Thomas C. . . . — — Map (db m124903) HM
In memory of the Trinity men who fought for the principles in which they believed with the Union and Confederate forces in the Civil War and of those who gave "the last full measure of devotion"
This Gun formed part of the Main Battery of . . . — — Map (db m125008) WM
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